DomainGang.com: During the Domainfest after hours party, as reported at DNJournal, Vern Jurovich, Jeff Gabriel and Bill Lozada all shaved their heads in order for donations to be pledged for The Water School.
Later on, after several drinks and long discussions about the state of the bad economy, Ron Jackson and uber-domainer Frank Schilling decid… Domaining.com
The extended domain name auction from DOMAINfest 2012 is now underway.The auction ends on SnapNames on February 16,2012.There are about 285 domain names in the auction,including all those in the live auction which did not sell .
InGurus.com: This Santa is very liberal in doling out gifts…I am talking about Santa Monica where 2 major events are lined up this coming week. They are: 1) DOMAINfest This is the first major event of 2012 in the domaining space and sets the tone for the rest of the year. In a way, it gives Domaining.com
Moniker has published the final list of domains for next week’s live domain auction during DOMAINfest, as well as the online auction to follow.
Bargain.com and Democracy.com have been added to the auction. Bargain.com’s reserve is north of $ 750,000 while Democracy.com is available for somewhere between $ 100,000 and $ 250,000.
Bargain.com is owned by FYI Direct, the company behind credit score monitoring site FreeScore.com.
Democracy.com should be interesting given the elections this year. It’s probably best for a think tank.
A number of the other high dollar domains are owned by CA.
Moniker’s last big auction resulted in the multi-million dollar sales of Social.com and Data.com, although neither were sold during the main auction. Salesforce.com paid $ 4.5 million for Data.com, which it uses for its Jigsaw.com product.
The live auction takes place Thursday, February 2 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm PST. The follow on internet auction at SnapNames will go through February 16. The extended online auction includes 250 domain names in addition to any names that don’t sell in the live auction.
The price of admission to Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference next month increases on Sunday.
Tickets are currently $ 1,195 and the price increases to $ 1,295 Sunday.
DOMAINfest kicks off January 31, 2012 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, California. Surprisingly, it appears there are still rooms available at the hotel, although it sells out every year for this event.
Admission includes three meals a day plus access to parties/networking events each night. This year’s parties include an opening night reception at Monsoon, a dinner networking party at Petersen Automotive Museum, and a closing night party and fundraiser at House of Blues.
Last year’s event attracted a crowd of 700 people.
DOMAINfest announced Biz Stone,Twitter co-founder as one of the keynote speakers at the 2012 DOMAINfest Conference,to be held in January,2012 in Santa Monica .
DOMAINfest Barcelona has another surprise for those who are attending the event.This year you can get domain name advice from a domain name expert during DOMAINfest Barcelona .
Opportunity to get domain name advice during DOMAINfest Barcelona.
DOMAINfest is offering “Dine with an Expert” at next month’s conference in Barcelona. This program allows attendees to reserve a spot at the lunch table with a domain name expert during the conference.
The conference offered this program during its February show in Santa Monica and it was a big hit. Numerous tables — including Frank Schilling’s — filled up quickly.
As of right now all experts have space at their table, but you should RSVP quickly if you are interested. Experts for this show include:
Laurence Aderemi, Mobile Strategic Partnerships Lead, Google AdMob Europe
Frederick Schiwek, Managing Director & Founder of DomainInvest (DI SA)
Paul Keating, Founder, Law.es
Ken Hansen, Senior Director, Business Development, Neustar Inc.
Daniel Eisenhut, International Key Accounts, InterNetX
Tobias Wann, Director of EMEA Account Management, Verisign
Miguel Ochoa, Spanish Sales Director, affili.net
Peter Celeste, Senior Vice President of Oversee.net/General Manager, DomainSponsor
Joerg Schnermann, General Manager, DomainSponsor Europe
Lisa Box, Senior Director of Sales, Oversee.net/Moniker.com/Snapnames.com